#3EB9CA#3EB9CA

#3EB9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9CA
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -27.95, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 33.48, 213.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0951 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.108 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9917, 39.9829, 62.0025)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9CA #CA4F3E

analogous

#3ECA95 #3EB9CA #3E73CA

triadic

#3EB9CA #CA3EB9 #B9CA3E

tetradic

#3EB9CA #953ECA #CA4F3E #73CA3E

square

#3EB9CA #953ECA #CA4F3E #73CA3E

split-complementary

#3EB9CA #CA3E73 #CA953E

monochromatic

#1F656F #2C919F #3EB9CA #6ECAD7 #9EDCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3EB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#3EB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9CA

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9CA	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ceda',
    500: '#3eb9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9ca;
$custom-light: #86ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.286,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72587,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9CA

secondary

#D19B93

accent

#5A48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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